Quick Check: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Front

A chromosome is made up of two ______________, which are held together by a centromere.

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chromatids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Front

What organelles in animal cells produce spindle fibers?

Back

centrioles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Front

The three phases of the cell cycle in order.

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interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis

Front

__________ is the stage when the cell is growing, copying the DNA, and getting ready to divide.

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interphase

Front

During ________________, the DNA coils into chromosomes, spindle fibers form, and the nuclear envelope breaks down.

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prophase

Front

During _________________, chromosomes meet at the middle (equator) of the cell.

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metaphase

Front

During ________________, chromatids are pulled apart.

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anaphase

Front

During _________________, two nuclei are forming.

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telophase

Front

In what stage of the cell cycle are two new, identical daughter cells formed?

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cytokinesis

Front

Cytokinesis is different in plant and animal cells, because in animal cells...

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the cell membrane pinches in to form the new cells